Table 4.
Asbestosis and pleural plaques death records, 30 years of age and more, according to sociodemographic characteristics. Brazil, 1996–2017
| Variables | Men |
Women |
All |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestosis n (%) | Pleural plaques n (%) | Total n (%) | Asbestosis n (%) | Pleural plaques n (%) | Total n (%) | Asbestosis n (%) | Pleural plaques n (%) | Total n (%) | |
| Total | 290 (59.4) | 198 (40.6) | 488 (100.0) | 82 (50.0) | 82 (50.0) | 164 (100.0) | 372 (57.0) | 280 (53.0) | 652 (100.0) |
| Age range (years) | |||||||||
| 30–50 | 16 (5.5) | 24 (12.1) | 40 (8.2) | 10 (12.2) | 13 (15.9) | 23 (14.0) | 26 (7.0) | 37 (13.2) | 63 (9.7) |
| 51–64 | 77 (26.6) | 71 (35.9) | 148 (30.3) | 19 (23.2) | 8 (9.8) | 27 (16.5) | 96 (25.8) | 79 (28.2) | 175 (26.8) |
| >64 | 197 (67.9) | 103 (52.0) | 300 (61.5) | 53 (64.6) | 61 (74.4) | 114 (69.5) | 250 (67.2) | 164 (58.6) | 414 (63.5) |
| Skin color/ethnicity∗ | 206 (68.2) | 96 (31.8) | 302 (100.0) | 60 (48.7) | 63 (51.3) | 123 (100.0) | 266 (62.5) | 159 (37.5) | 425 (100.0) |
| White | 128 (62.1) | 58 (60.4) | 186 (61.6) | 32 (53.3) | 42 (66.7) | 74 (60.2) | 160 (60.2) | 100 (62.9) | 260 (61.2) |
| Black | 17 (8.3) | 8 (8.3) | 25 (8.3) | 3 (5.0) | 5 (7.9) | 8 (6.5) | 20 (7.5) | 13 (8.2) | 33 (7.8) |
| Brown | 56 (27.2) | 30 (31.3) | 86 (28.5) | 22 (36.7) | 15 (23.8) | 37 (30.1) | 78 (29.3) | 45 (28.3) | 123 (28.9) |
| Asian | 5 (2.4) | 0 (---) | 5 (1.7) | 3 (5.0) | 1 (1.6) | 4 (3.3) | 8 (3.0) | 1 (0.6) | 9 (2.1) |
| Indigenous | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) |
| Schooling∗∗ | 143 (72.9) | 53 (27.1) | 196 (100.0) | 41 (64.0) | 34 (36.0) | 75 (100.0) | 184 (67.8) | 87 (32.2) | 271 (100.0) |
| Primary incomplete | 2 (1.4) | 0 (---) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 0 (---) | 2 (1.1) | 0 (---) | 2 (0.7) |
| Primary complete | 17 (11.9) | 9 (17.0) | 26 (13.3) | 10 (24.4) | 4 (11.8) | 14 (18.7) | 27 (14.7) | 13 (14.9) | 40 (14.8) |
| Secondary | 70 (48.9) | 25 (47.2) | 95 (48.5) | 13 (31.7) | 16 (47.1) | 29 (38.7) | 83 (45.1) | 41 (47.1) | 124 (45.8) |
| Higher incomplete | 39 (27.3) | 12 (22.6) | 51 (26.0) | 10 (24.4) | 8 (23.5) | 18 (24.0) | 49 (26.6) | 20 (23.0) | 69 (25.5) |
| Higher complete | 15 (10.5) | 7 (13.2) | 22 (11.2) | 8 (19.5) | 6 (17.6) | 14 (18.7) | 23 (12.5) | 13 (14.9) | 36 (13.3) |
Sources: SIM, SIH-SUS, SINAN, CIHA, INCA, specialized outpatient clinics in respiratory worker health.
∗
Skin color/ethnicity - 227 missing data.
∗∗
Schooling - 381 missing data.